Annual Reports 



Report of the Board of Trustees 



The Board has held five stated meetings on the following dates : May 

 26, October 6, December i, 1917; February 9, April 6, 1918; five special 

 meetings on the following dates : June 30, July 17, September 28, October 

 24, 1917; January 17, 1918; and two adjourned meetings on June 9, 1917, 

 and May 2, 1918. The unusual number of adjourned and special meetings 

 was due to the business connected with the new building and the necessity 

 of replacing some of the employees who had resigned. 



The building committee, consisting of Mr. James R. Walsh, chairman, 

 and Messrs. Wm. T. Davis and Anton W. Hoflfmeyer ; and the finance 

 committee, consisting of Dr. John Q. Adams, chairman, Mr. William G. 

 Willcox, Mr. Chas. A. Ingalls, and Dr. N. L. Britton, also held many 

 formal and informal meetings. 



The women's auxihary committee took charge of the informal reception 

 following the regular meetings of the Association, as in former years. 

 Mrs. Hollick having resigned as a member and as chairman of this com- 

 mittee, the president appointed, on January 17, Mrs. Emily Sears as her 

 successor. 



The program committee arranged for lectures at the regular meetings 

 by the following gentlemen : Mr. Arthur A. Michell, Mr. Frank C. Kaye, 

 Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, Capt. Francis D. Murphy, and Dr. James 

 Sullivan. 



The Board tenders its thanks to all the ladies and gentlemen who by 

 their committee work and lectures have aided to make the work of the 

 Institute successful. 



At the annual meeting of the Board on May 26, 1917, the following 

 officers were elected : president, Hon. Howard R. Bayne ; first vice- 

 president, Wm. T. Davis ; second vice-president, Wm. H. Mitchill ; treas- 

 urer, ChaSi A. Ingalls ; secretary, Chas. W. Leng. 



The only change in the personnel of the Board was the substitution of 

 Dr. Thomas O. Baker for Mr. James J. Reynolds, caused by Dr. Baker's 

 having succeeded Mr. Reynolds as District Superintendent of Schools, 

 becoming thereby ex officio a member of the Board. 



The following persons were elected by the Board to active membership 

 in the Institute during the year : Dr. James B. Pentz, Dr. Robert H. Pentz, 

 Mrs. Frank Smith, Miss Mary Wood Daley, Mr. Ernest L. Baldwin, Mr. 

 Louis A. Pape, Mr. George Schrieb, Mr. Chas. E. Fannon, Dr. Lucius P. 

 Brown, and Martin R. Porter. 



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